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rondeaux

Variant of rondeau

noun pl. rondeaux

  1. a short, lyrical poem of usually fifteen lines (three stanzas), with only two rhymes and with an unrhymed refrain at the end of the second and third stanzas
    1. rondo
    2. a medieval French monophonic or polyphonic song with many repetitions of two themes or phrases

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